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What role have women historically occupied in our collective psyche? Reflecting on our past, present, and thinking about the future, how do we put mechanisms into place to ensure women’s stories aren’t forgotten? To ensure they become a part of consciousness?
Through this conversation, we imagine futures in which we move beyond the mere recognition of gendered differences and enact attention on reducing gender disparities while paying homage to the strides we have already made.
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Dr. Geetanjali Singh Chanda is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Ashoka University. She has also been Senior Lecturer in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Yale University, where she taught for 15 years.
View profile ⟶Inni Kaur is Creative Director at the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), where she leads content creation, branding, and external communications.
View profile ⟶Shauna Singh Baldwin is co-author of A Foreign Visitor's Survival Guide to America. Her play, We Are So Different Now, in which Draupadi of the Mahabharat leads an over-privileged young woman to feminism, premiered in Toronto in 2016.
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Sidak alum Ikroop Singh chats with Sidak Facilitator, Jasleen Kaur and reflects on his past Sidak experience—from moving through initial discomfort to having deep conversations, forming meaningful bonds, and becoming more compassionate.
The word ‘birhare’ comes from ‘birha,’ meaning separation, or the pain of separation. ‘Birhare,’ meaning ‘songs of separation,’ is a poetic form that gives voice to this pain of separation.
Recorded in Chandigarh, the dialogue, featuring Harinder Singh — author, educator, and co-founder of SikhRI — and Journalist & Author Roopinder Singh, invites viewers to engage deeply with the life, vision, and the eternal wisdom of the Tenth Sovereign.
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